Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have been told the communications pause announced by the Trump Administration earlier this week includes a pause on all purchasing, including supplies for their ongoing studies,

The Trump Administration has frozen many federal health agencies’ communications with the public until at least the end of the month.

The Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public through at least the end of the month

Amid a deluge of executive actions, the Trump administration has directed federal health agencies to pause external communications, such as regular scientific reports, updates to websites and health advisories,

President Donald Trump's administration has placed a freeze on information being released from government health agenc

The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.

Experts say it's common to wait until new teams are in place but is a concern if it means "going back to a prior approach of silencing the agencies". View on euronews

Scientific meetings were canceled, and research data on the bird flu outbreak was delayed, amid confusion over the directive.

At least in one respect, the Trump administration's pause on health communications breaks a pattern that's held for at least three decades.